[American Soldier]

Well I'll add one more person to my list of people in this country who still understand how the hell Red China should be handled in the wake of 9-11... unfortunately this only brings the list up to about 10 names.

[borghead]

Good article, but he forgot one little thing. China's economy is capitalist nowadays, it would be an order of magnitude harder to crush China than the old USSR.

[mikeIII]

Prior to 9.11, China had sold more than 30 of its 180-mile range M-11 ballistic missiles to Pakistan, along with the means to build solid-fuel 450-mile-range Shaheen-1 and 1,200-mile-range Shaheen II missiles.

These will take care of India and Israel nicely. China's own missiles are pointed our way. A $100Bn trade surplus each year buys a lot of of super power capabilities. It's amazing that we are actively allowing this to go on.

There were reports that the US was concerned India may provide Taiwan with Nuclear capabilities, in the newly developing military cooperation between these two countries. We seem to be applying non-proliferation ideals on friendly countries while China, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran and others are proliferating with total disregard.

[truthandlife]

Doesn't sound like Bush is so easy to give China a free ride:

Bush Worried About China Bible Arrest

[Fred Mertz]

It [Red China] extends its definition of terrorism, however, to include Christians and Buddhists as well as anyone who dares to question its repressive system.

Excellent post. Too bad more people don't see both the regional and global threat that the ChiComs pose. I think some either corrupt or idiotic US policies have emboldened them with real technology advances in the past 15 years or so.

[gwynapnudd]

Wars are fought over resources.
This is all about Caspian oil and Afghan opium production. The Chinese will need the Caspian oil and are jockeying themselves in Pakistan to control the terms of the pipeline. If the Pakis and the Indians nuke it out, the competition for that oil is lessened.
Who controls the 200 million man army? - Who are the "kings of the east"?